Gas, oil, and water separator.



GAS7 UIL, lAND WATER SEPAHATOR.

(Applicationl filed. Mar. 14, 1899.)

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ALBERT P. MCBRIDE, OE INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

GAS, OIL, AND WATER SEPARATOR.

SP.CIIEICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 637,148, datedNovember 14, 1899.

Application led March 14, 1 8 99.

To all whom, t may concern:-

Be it known that I, ALBERT P. MCBEIDE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas, Oil,and Water Separatore; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has relation to improvements in gas, oil, and waterseparators; and the objects are to provide improved leverage for thevalve, to provide improved means for access to the casing for cleaningor withdrawin g the precipitated deposits, to provide a novel andimproved guide for the stem of the bell, and means for manipulating thebell, if required, and generally to simplify the construction of theapparatus, all as will be hereinafter fully specied, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

I have fully and clearly illustrated the invention in the accompanyingdrawings, to be taken as a part hereof, and wherein- Figure 1 is avertical sectional view of a tank or vessel with my improvements appliedtherein, wherein areshown the bell, the valveoperating levers, thevalve-chamber, and the crank mechanism for lifting or depressing themechanism, if required. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the apparatus,partly in section, to show the means for securing the top plate in the'ltop opening. Y

Referring to the drawings, A designates the tank or vessel, of suchsize, capacity, and dimensions as may suit it to the uses intended. Thisvessel A consists of a suitable metal cylindrical shell, a substantialcap or cover 1, secured to the upper end of the shell, and a bottomsupport 2, provided with legs 3 to support the apparatus. The cap l isdetachably secured to the top of the casing by any proper means, as bybolts let through the engaging parts, or the overlapped portions may beprovided with coincident screw-threads, and in the center of the cap isformed an opening 4, constituting means for obtaining access lto theapparatus.

the interior of the casing for such purposes Serial No. 709,039. (Nomodel.)

as may be required, as for removing accumulations of debris and forplacing, removing, or arranging the inclosed mechanism. The opening i isclosed by a circularplate 5, which is arranged within the casing andengages with its upper edge under and against the surrounding edge ofthe opening 4, substantially as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings; The

lplate 5 is held in closed and fixed position by means of an arch 6, thefeet of which rest on the surface of the cap, and in the apex or centerof the arch is formed a vertical hole through which the upper portion ofa rod 7 loosely passes, the lower end of which rod is suitably securedin the center of the plate 5 and the upper end of which isscrew-threaded and projects through the hole in the apex of the arch andis provided with a nut 8, as shown. It will be perceived that by screw'-ing the nut down it will draw the rod up, and with it the plate, therebyclamping the plate in the cap and effectually sealing the opening.

Inkthe top of the casing A, at the side, is suitably secured theoutlet-pipe b, through which the gas or oil is discharged and led tosuch point as may be required or desired.

B designates the inlet-pipe, through which the material is supplied tothe tank to be subjected to the operation or separable effects of Theconnecting nipple or joint-piece 9 is composed of a plate 10, bent toconform tothe circular face of the casing, and has its ends extended andprojecting beyond the terminals of the radii of the shell, as shown inFig. 2 of the drawings, the ends being provided with bolt-holes throughwhich are passed the ends of clamping stirrups or rods, which extendabout the exterior of the casing and are clamped against a plate a bynuts 11 on the ends thereof. In the center of the plate or piece l0 isformed the nipple 9, to which the pipe B is connected by any suitablejoint, and of course the nipple opens into the casing.

In the bottom of the casing or tank is secured an outlet or dischargepipe 12, which has communication with and into the valvechamber andthrough which the surplus water is discharged, and in the bottom isformed a passage 18, closed by a plug 14, the passage ICO forming adrain through which the contents of the vessel may be discharged, ifdesired, and also to serve as means for drawing off accumulated debrisfrom the tank.

C designates the bell or float, consisting of a metal shell having aclosed conical top and an open bottom. This bell is rigidly secured to avertical rod 15, which passes through the apex of the conical top, andthe parts there secured together by any well-known means. The rod 15extends, preferably, below the lower edge of the bell and is formed atits end with a slotted head 16, having a pivot-bolt 17 projected throughit and suitably fastened therein. To the head 16 are pivotally connectedthe ends of the upper bars or limbs 1S 1S of lazy-tong levers, the lowerbars or limbs 19 19X of which are crossed and have their ends pivotallyconnected to the upper ends of links 2O 20X, having their lower endspivotally connected to ears on the valve-chamber D, substantially asseen in the drawings. On the bars 19 19 are formed coincident or aliningperforated ears 21, through which a pivotbolt is passed and suitablysecured, and on this bolt is hung the valve 22, which is a straightpiece of inetal slidingly arranged in a vertical way in thevalve-chamber, the lower end of the valve being conical to take in acoincident seat in the valve-chamber. The vertical passage of thevalve-chamber communicates with the water-discharge pipe, and in orderthat this passage may have communication with the contents at the bottomof the vessel a transverse passage 23 is formed through the chamber. Itwill now be perceived that when the bell is moved up it will extend thelazy-tongs and lift the valve vertically from its seat in the chamberand that when the water has been discharged and the bell descends thelazy-tongs will be depressed and the valve be moved down into the seatand the flow be stopped. This construction and arrangement ofvalve-levers insure operation of the valve, which sometimes sticksin thepassage and requires force to operate it; but by this system of leveragea light pressure or weight operates the valve with certainty.

E designates the guide for the stein of the bell or ioat, consistingoi"I a hollow tube or sleeve formed with an aperture in the end, throughwhich the stem of the bell passes; or the end may be forked and the stempass between the forks. On the sleeve is formed an annular collar orshoulder 24, adapted to set tight against the inner face of the casing,the projecting end ol the tube being screwthreaded to take a collar 25,adapted to set tight against the outer face of the casing and lockedandheld by a jamnut26, substantially as seen in the drawings. In the boreof the tube is fitted to turn therein a rod 27, on the outer end ofwhich is secured a crank 28, and to the inner end of the rod 27, whichprojects beyond the end of the tube, is rigidly connected a curved arm29, having its outer end pivotally connected to a bar or lever 30,formed with a loop at its upper end, through which the end of the'bell-stem passes, and the loop bearing against a nut 31 on the upperend of the bell-stem, substantially as indicated in the drawings. Itwill be perceived from the foregoing description that it' from any causethe interior mechanism fails to operate freely or stops altogether thefact may be ascertained and remedied by turning the crank, which,through the connections to the bell-stem, will move the bell andpositively operate the mechanism or free it by movement from impediment.

It will be perceived from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the drawings, that when the crude or mixed material is deliveredinto the vessel or tank the separation of the constituent elements willbe naturally effected, the water assuming the lower position in thevessel, with the gas or oil occupying the upper portion, and that it'the water accumulates to such an extent as to enter the cham ber of thebell or float, and thus compress the air contained therein to create anupward movement of the bell, the valve will thereby be opened and thesurplus water dis-'- charged, the discharge continuing until thepressure in the bell is relieved to permit the bell to descend, and thusclose the valve by the action of the levers. In the meantime the oil orgas is discharged continuously through the outlet-pipe of the vessel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters lati ent, is-

1. In a gas, oil and water separator,the combination with thevertically-1n ovable bell pro vided with a rod projected vertically andcentrally through the top of the bell and rigidly secured therein, and aValve operatively connected to the lower end of said rod, of a tubulararm horizontally projected from the side ofthe casing and having saidbell-rod slidingly arranged in its inner free end, a rotary rod in thetube, a jointed lever connected to the inner end of the said rotary rodand to the bell-rod, and means outside of the casing to turn the rotaryrod, substantially as described.

2. A gas, oil and water separator, comprising an outer casingor tank,aninlet-pipe leading therein, an outlet-pipe leading therefrom, avalve-controlled discharge-pipe at the bottom of the tank, avalve-chamber in the lower portion ot' the tank, a vertically-movableValve in the valve-chamber, a bell in the tank having an open lower endand a closed conical top, a bell-rod projected centrally through theconical top and rigidly secured therein, lazy-tong levers having theirupper limbs pi votally connected to the lower end of the bellrod andtheir lower limbs crossed and pivotally connected to the top of thevalve-chamber and to the valve at the point of intersec- IOO IIO

tion, a tubular arm horizontally projected ing to turn the rotary rod,substantially as into the tank at the upper portion of the described. :obell-rod and formed at its inner end With In testimony whereof I affixmy signature guides through which the bell-rod slides, a in presence oftwo Witnesses.

' rotary rod in the tubular arm, a jointed lever ALBERT l). MCBRIDE.

having one end connected to the inner end of Witnesses: the rotary rodand the other end connected O. L. KIMBLE, to the bell-rod, and meansoutside of the cas- M. F. WOOD.

